[000:00:00;00] please please . islam as militants say more attacks on westerners planned in response to the french intervention in mali the west past actions in the media are increasingly blamed for the escalating north african crisis. rock obama kicks off his second term in office with promises to back them obviously across the globe sparking concerns america's intervention policies are not likely to change during his coming years in office. israel goes to the polls in parliamentary elections but a lack of viable competition and a widespread feeling netanyahu is set for reelection has left many voters this enchanted with

a system. well i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshing al qaeda linked militants who claimed to be behind the deadly hostage taking in algeria are promising more attacks on westerners in response to french intervention in mali at least thirty seven foreign nationals including french british and americans were killed during the terrorist siege of the gas plant that was stormed by forces at the weekend algerian officials say the militants used weapons gathered in another african state libya large stockpiles of arms were smuggled from there in the chaos that followed the western backed toppling of the khadafi regime as our boy explains the recent surge of violence in africa comes as

a consequence of western states previous involvement in the regions. that very very few wanted peace you wanted freedom you wanted economic progress france great britain europe will always stand by the libyan people. but. a regional crisis probably wasn't what mr sarkozy anticipated when he was spearheading the military operation to topple moammar gadhafi although the former french president can't say that he hadn't been warned personally i play a significant role in establishing peace in those regions of africa should the situation in libya be unstable al qaida will establish its rule bin laden will return and libya will be another afghanistan the terrorists will flood to europe cut to paris and almost two years later mark is out these words could well be ringing in the is of me what i saw was the successor francois hollande having just

sent troops to mali france's new leader could well be learning that every action has a reaction. secu so not only did the french intervention in libya not help the democrat disease process which is what they said they were after but if that's if it opened up the floodgates for weapons stockpiles and fighters to leave the country and go solve the border this is no more to mali where the recently deployed french military were reportedly stunned by the technologically advanced weapons that are in the hands of their adversaries nobody seems to think that perhaps organized groups come from somewhere other than mali it seems they came across the nearby libyan border libya is as i say central to all this problem because all the plot of weapons it's been produced by the collapse of the darfur region but also for the prepaid it was time to show any kind of real state you have essentially all its operating in different parts of libya and you have across much of this hour

a situation where people have arguments where very considerate sense so bribery and corruption. is commonplace gadhafi was bitter opponent all right it was ahmed groups whatever his faults and they now have the ability to use the chaos in libya to provide the basis the first effects for immediate hostage crisis in algeria said to be in retaliation for the french offensive in mali has already claimed the lives of dozens of civilians taken captive and i'm frightened of terrorism this is always been a problem for france whether it's iraq or sarkozy. i'm french i was born here and live here my culture is french but my words are there and if i was there i wouldn't like another country telling me what to do. you know we're scared of anything that threatens us. france's global allies are showing signs of being sucked into the mali conflict british prime minister david cameron has already acknowledged that

battling radical insurgency in the region could take decades rather than months and all this so that france can remedy the knock on effects from its libyan intervention. r t paris. the former u.k. ambassador until geria graeme han told my colleague and now we that he believes britain will continue its involvement in the north african intervention despite fears of being bogged down in the conflict i think the united kingdom will continue to support the french intervention what is britain's interests than well i think britain's interest is in having stability on the on the if you like the southern florida flank of nato just across the mediterranean from from western europe the i don't accept these conspiracy theories about minerals i think it's really about knowing that we're we have we have stable neighbors stable neighbors but at the same time britain openly backs rebels who are known to have sort of attachments to

al-qaeda and other. islamist groups in syria. yes yes well if i say read anything that is more of a geo political in terms of security and not resources so where then why yes in syria no in syria in mali well i think it's a different story this is not. an al-qaeda linked islam the stop arising in syria it's all been repeated who want a different life they want to be rid of a tyrant. in charge of them and the story in mali is completely different this is. a foreign intervention by the al-qaeda linked terrorists themselves this is not honest mali i'm striving to change the government political analyst john locke one doesn't agree with a former ambassador as assertion that there are no extremists among western backed

rebels in syria he says the west's selective approach to which is almost forced to support has more to do with its geopolitical interests. i greatly enjoyed the. discomfiture when you put him that question i mean he doesn't have an answer and the western governments do not have an answer to the question you wrote which is to say why do we support islamic or islamist rebels in syria and yet send troops into crushes in the midst rebels in mali there is no way of squaring the circle these are simply double standards for the by the same token why do we support last year the secession of south sudan but we suddenly send in troops to prevent the session of north mali these are political decision we are taking political decisions on the basis of our political vision and our friends and enemies and that's the reason why we do one thing in syria and the other thing in mali and as for encouraging

stability i mean that really does take the cooking to say that you know we have practically the whole of the middle east including north africa in turmoil we have supported we the west have supported the great uprisings of the arab spring only to find that they the regimes they have produced have an important islamic element these conundrums which the west has not sold them is not sold and it is on the contrary making matters worse second time's the charm during his inauguration speech in washington president barack obama forcefully laid out the priorities for his second term in office and with a special stress on backing democracy around the world his pledges have already led to concerns of further u.s. involvement in foreign states are just gannett she can explains and his inaugural speech president obama sort of force spun it to those who have been wondering whether the u.s. will continue on the track of interventions here is what he said we will renew

those institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis abroad for no one has a greater stake in a peaceful world than its most powerful nation. we support democracy from asia to africa from the americas to the middle east because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom so from asia to africa or from the americas to the middle east that pretty much covers the whole world so we could potentially see interventions by the united states pretty much anywhere and one wonders how different it is from george w. bush's speeches about advancing freedom and democracy in the world which the u.s. has been doing mainly with bombs but president obama's remarks do not come as a surprise to those who've been following his policies in the last four years which included the u.s. in gauging in undeclared war says through its targeted assassinations program in different countries and the u.s. making a so-called pivot to asia expanding its military presence in asia pacific to counter the rising influence of china it's very interesting i've been listening to debase

all kinds of panels in national media here about the future of u.s. foreign policy is about what the president should be or will be doing and there's a general sense that of course the u.s. will be intervening wherever it can that's the idea that's being perpetuated it's not even a matter of debate really president obama signs off on a kill list every week and sets up new drone bases overseas and somehow his foreign policies are not perceived as aggressive and do not steer a debate here at home there's also this phony argument that you hear every now and then that president obama is not half as aggressive as george w. bush would have been or mitt romney would have been made and it seems there is a notion that as long as there are no u.s. boots on the ground as long as wars are fought either with a remote control or through proxies it's a success and it's not perceived as aggressive again president obama's hit and run style libya intervention was touted as success then the u.s.

ambassador died and it became more difficult to brag about libya and ignored the mess that we be it turned into so it very much seems like it's not about the president's actions it's about perceptions president obama talks beautifully and smiles beautifully how could he be aggressive so perceptions are the reality of politics here. openly criticizing barack obama may get you into a whole lot of trouble at r.t. dot com we've got the story of one famous rapper was shown the door for delivering a diatribe against the american president. the so. it's the sit in time for israel with people across the country heading to the polls in

a snap parliamentary election but due to the limited time for campaigning and the failure of the opposition to unite behind a single strong candidate prime minister netanyahu his victory seems a foregone conclusion our disposal your reports on how a lack of change is left man israelis apathetic and disillusioned by the state of democracy in their country. the countdown has begun but instead of scanning the papers to brush up on who's saying what in the final hours before his radio's head to the polls. is searching for an apartment the twenty eight year old is desperate to move out of his parents' home but times are tough and he blames the government right i'm not going to vote i see who are the candidates and there is no one standing who represents me or who can change the general mood in the country with. the recent political jostling that's all candidates need from one party to another induced even more pessimism in people like musharraf who have lost trust in israeli politicians the union between bibi netanyahu and his foreign minister avigdor

lieberman in cheek beat him in government the return of c.p. leave me for my opposition leader back into the fray just a few months after announcing her time and only frustrated and already election where we public many israelis don't believe that the present politician the parties . have any really new solutions to the big problems facing israel security spirit economic issues. but among all the uncertainty one thing is certain for the disenchanted voters and it can work and i also feel like the outcome is pre-determined everyone knows not and you know who is going to win for them or the apathy based on the belief that netanyahu will almost certainly when has led experts to worry about the state of his way to democracy. there are some populations designing these really society if you take a certain sort of the ultra orthodox the presenter's that turns out to vote is very high it's above eighty on the other hand when you look at the middle class the

youth and the arabs the percentage is around sixty. and those figures only help netanyahu and his allies of course there are parties who are ready to oppose the government's policies one of their merits boasts that a vote for them is a secure vote against netanyahu and a leadership that will destroy israel first of all are is aleisha in the war will continue. there will be no solution to the palestinian problem and the economic and social gaps between rich and poor will get to march wider and deeper maritz is expected to win only around five percent of the votes in a record field of fifty four parties that are running in these elections netanyahu is party is expected to get only about a quarter of the seats in the parliament but with other political forces being shattered into rival factions this is still going to be enough for him to continue in power the coalition effort on yahoo is expected to build would have

a very slim majority but it would still give him the mandate he needs to map out this country's next four years but the paradox of the selection is that the candidate say to win is not particularly liked by most of the country policia r.t. to level of. the issue of israeli settlements on the west bank was among the most pressing ones during this election campaign but politics aside after iraq there in iraq amer known for his pranks videos and decided to take it on orthodox look at the whole land expansion issue well we'll talk to the other himself later in the day but here's a quick look at what he can expect later. i'm here with some investors from england . i'm here to show you blood work the bible virginia so you know and you know jewish boy. you know it's a shame because you base your two state solution. is limited to those those who are

so beautiful little us all. well so i have for this hour here in our team snow blanketing kate causes three and four chaos and heaps of problems for public services. and her is making billions from hunger a while speculators scream profit from skyrocketing food prices millions starve across the globe all that after the short break to stay with us. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you

knew you don't know i'm tom hardy welcome to the big picture. do we speak your language of the will or not a day of school music programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you breaking news a little tentative angles couldn't stories. you hear. detroit all teach spanish find out more visit i to allahabad tito it's calm.

place. it. thank. you and.

i and. live. oh whoa welcome back here watching our team now travel chaos is taking over europe which remains paralyzed by snow and freezing temperatures it's been especially tough for the u.k. were hundreds of flights have been canceled and rail and road networks have been brought to standstill artists are first reports from london. all across the united

kingdom right now but i did it feels like this like ok in london everywhere covered in this blanket is slowly but was this looks absolutely beautiful it's being cool zinc calles around the country where the five thousand schools are being placed planes are being grounded the trains the being delayed as once again voices transports this increase under the pressure of a little bit of snow causing havoc to commuters as we've been finding out the thing is with the first one still hope whatever it was i think it's ridiculous other countries seem to manage i think we should catch up about it yeah it will be very good to small. boys the whole absolutely sing about half a century around the place anyway so you know what we have the trouble they could have sorted out of that we could. do it with but none personally seems like the focus now. from rochester on to. try and start to take the train

to some pancras. and then let me go from the underground to get to here i guess i'm going to go back about why but it's not just kmita is of course he's being affected as the cold weather continues some economists a concern that as people struggle to get into work on time with shops and restaurants having to close early that this could impact the already fragile economy and it looks like the cold weather is here to stay a little bit longer the met office of issued a severe weather warning of course large parts of the country looks like much of the chaos we've seen over the past couple of days but to continue to prevail once again when it comes to britain a little bit of snow can cause a lot of trouble so if. london. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world twenty four testers have been after are trying to answer an air force base near the turkish city of adonis where u.s. troops are sampling two patriotic missile batteries to be deployed near the syrian

border earlier the first of six page we have batteries along with german troops arrived in the port city of iskandar and were of protesters boys their anger over ankara stands against damascus turkey has been a staunch critic of the assad regime and has openly supported rebels. in syria itself rebels continue to target pro-government facilities with the latest suicide bombing having killed at least thirty people and left dozens wounded according to the u.k. based watchdog the explosion went off outside they have quarters of a pro regime armed group in the western city of saw me i'm a blast was also reported in damascus though the number of casualties remains unknown the incident follows an arab league statement that un efforts to and the conflict had failed to bring even a glimmer of hope. a pilot has been killed and three passengers injured after a helicopter crashed into

a house in the brazilian city of some pow no one on the ground was heard of the incident forties are investigating what forced the aircraft down the city as one of the world's largest private fleets of helicopters used to avoid heavy traffic. the employees of investment banking giant goldman sachs are in line for a bonus boost for what's seen as profiting on a crisis surging prices of staple foods and growing shortages are proving to be a silver lining for bankers despite many around the world being left to starve or dislikes here chefs he explains. the employees of goldman sachs investment bank are in for some happy times their salaries have reportedly been raised and almost half a million dollars worth of annual bonuses are to be paid out all because in twenty twelve the company made about four hundred million dollars from investing its clients' money in a range of products known as soft commodities such as we made to coffee and sugar but what's good for bankers is damaging the global food situation say experts and

many claim major investment players are contributing to a global food emergency the united nations warned that the world could be on the brink of a major hunger crisis this year after poor harvests in the united states and ukraine food prices already surged last summer with cereals hitting a record high in september last year food cost sixteen percent higher than in twenty ten and more than twice as expensive as a decade ago even after adjusting for inflation with almost a billion people already starving such a forecast could make things catastrophic worse and the latest controversy with goldman sachs has once again we ignited the debate on what actually stands behind the hike in food prices organizations like food watch say they are not the only ones financial players around the world bear a large part of blame by investing astronomical sums of money into foodstuffs and speculating on the prices to make big profits in the last three years alone speculators have poured in as an extra hundred billion u.s. dollars into the sector and that is expected of driving prices even higher

investment and central banks deny this saying futures trading is important for farmers and that their bets have no effect yet the prices. bear scant resemblance to the natural growth in demand for food moreover they are already creating grounds for instability sparking protests and demonstrations for instance in several african countries including working a fast so in senegal bakers went on strike recently because of an eighty percent increase in the price of wheat so if this trend continues people will be unable to afford basic staple foods and if further harvest suffer too it's not hard to imagine the consequences for the world's hungry. and about five minutes max kaiser is facing herbert expose more bankers so come out of dodgy deals looking squeaky clean. the u.s. attorney says stealing is stealing whether you use a computer command or crowbar think this is how the administration her department of justice behaves towards jeremy hammond towards wiki leaks to its bare brown

towards environmentalists towards other activists however they have net always let go the financial criminals they're not obeying the rule of law or even the rule of the constitution or even the spirit of the constitution they're just acting out as sociopaths and psychopaths and they are in any time they get caught they rewrite the law they rewrite the rules.

all the kinds of reports starts here shortly after the break to go away. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser america is a frickin good lag that's right america is becoming a good leg what is steve jobs the founder of apple had done fifty years in prison for his blue box shenanigans in which to use an authorized on authorized advice to make free phone calls instead of hanging out with the president or of mark zuckerberg had done thirty years for illegally accessing obert computer databases to create the first facebook instead of hanging out with the president one of america began sending its best its brightest its innovators and intellectual

troublemakers not to the moon or to the nasdaq or to the boardroom but to the good leg not to university or to the white house. but to the gulag when it starts doing that you know then that it is in fact a deadbeat nation a gulag nation and a shell of its former self states never yes max this is referring to aaron swartz the internet activist the man responsible for stopping sopa the young man twenty six he killed himself a little bit over a week ago now i've been thinking about the fact that tyranny has been in the news it's been on c.n.n. the young turks m s n b c everybody's covering this story this interview that alex jones gave with piers morgan and the news here the local news on channel four b.b.c. they're covering the fact that americans are afraid of tyranny and yet when you look at it there's no hevia score for is there's no due process the bomb administration says they can assassinate american citizens without due process and